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>>issue two, romney's nail- biter! >> in this room are the people who knocked on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls and it made an enormous difference. we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that's all that count. >> mitt romney's victory in michigan tuesday may have been narrow but as he said a win is a win. governor romney also won in arizona, same day, defeating rick santorum, the new darling of the right wing, of the g.o.p. right wing. prior to tuesday's primaries, there were nine other primaries, romney won four of those nine. santorum four. gingrich one. with michigan, these lever races have been a roller coaster. rom niece's tuesday win makes him the most recent candidate with momentum. the the big mo, the mo. question, how significant was romney's michigan victory? >> very significant. he was facing seeing his candidacy broken in michigan. there would have been cry for another candidate, fund-raising may have dried up. he could have very well lost ohio in that circumstance. so now we're
>>issue two, romney's nail- biter! >> in this room are the people who knocked on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls and it made an enormous difference. we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that's all that count. >> mitt romney's victory in michigan tuesday may have been narrow but as he said a win is a win. governor romney also won in arizona, same day, defeating rick santorum, the new darling of the right wing, of the g.o.p. right wing. prior to...
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but romney picked up some key conservative endorsements. what may tip the scale there and potentially tip the scale in the overall campaign? >> it appears to be momentum. that's the thing. winning begets winning and clearly the michigan victory on tuesday gave romney some momentum. he's closing pretty well. look where he was today. he was in atlanta, georgia, knoxville, tennessee. mitt romney sees an opportunity not only to catch santorum. remember, santorum -- ohio is a must-win for santorum, not for romney. to catch him in ohio and then upset him in tennessee and, lester, it puts the entire race away. >> chuck todd, our washington newsroom. chuck, thanks. >>> nbc news will have special super tuesday coverage beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. on the west on this nbc station. >>> overseas to russia now, where they held a presidential election today. it appears to be back to the future for vladimir putin, who served two terms as president and became prime minister and is now headed for the presidency once again. despite allegations
but romney picked up some key conservative endorsements. what may tip the scale there and potentially tip the scale in the overall campaign? >> it appears to be momentum. that's the thing. winning begets winning and clearly the michigan victory on tuesday gave romney some momentum. he's closing pretty well. look where he was today. he was in atlanta, georgia, knoxville, tennessee. mitt romney sees an opportunity not only to catch santorum. remember, santorum -- ohio is a must-win for...
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mitt romney is leading in the delegate count by a fair amount. certainly washington state adds to that. it's a place where ron paul expected to do well. he did come in second. so it is -- i would say that the losses for santorum and gingrich are probably larger than -- mean more than the wins for romney and ron paul. now, look, santorum and gingrich didn't play in washington state. but nonetheless it sort of continues that story line that mitt romney is gathering strength. none of which will matter if he doesn't show some real strength on super tuesday. >> i mean super tuesday is huge, candy. ten state, a third of the delegates, i mean we talk about this every four years but this is a really big day, tuesday, isn't it? >> it is but let me tell you that my guess is that come wednesday morning, there will be no real reason for anyone to get out of this race. newt gingrich may show some strength in the south, though, his home state of georgia is there. he wants to win there but also needs to do well in some of the other southern states that are in p
mitt romney is leading in the delegate count by a fair amount. certainly washington state adds to that. it's a place where ron paul expected to do well. he did come in second. so it is -- i would say that the losses for santorum and gingrich are probably larger than -- mean more than the wins for romney and ron paul. now, look, santorum and gingrich didn't play in washington state. but nonetheless it sort of continues that story line that mitt romney is gathering strength. none of which will...
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chris: romney is the frontrunner going into super tuesday, romney has to look at this two ways. he has to get under the hood and fix the car. does he have to worry a little bit about the economy staying strong and this recovery really having a lot of burst to it? >> of course, he does. and the republicans are well aware that if the economy is doing well and if obama can demonstrate improvement in the economy and the aftertax money in people's pockets and if the unemployment rate is down, i think obama is going to get re-elected. i think he also is at an advantage should things spiral out of control in the middle east because it's just true that americans don't really want to change horses in the middle of an international crisis. and obama has, republicans don't want to hear this, but obama has established himself as an effective commander in chief. chris: everything, everything we talk about, gas prices, rush limbaugh, all this crazy talk about women and the negative attitude towards women you're hearing with the republican party. all of this comes down many ways to the economy
chris: romney is the frontrunner going into super tuesday, romney has to look at this two ways. he has to get under the hood and fix the car. does he have to worry a little bit about the economy staying strong and this recovery really having a lot of burst to it? >> of course, he does. and the republicans are well aware that if the economy is doing well and if obama can demonstrate improvement in the economy and the aftertax money in people's pockets and if the unemployment rate is down,...
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he did come out for mitt romney today. you hear this from the republican establishment, conservative republican establishment saying we need to get behind one candidate, we need to start preparing for november. >> incredible. it is going to be an exciting day on tuesday. mark preston, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> super tuesday, march 6th, 12:00 eastern time. if you're not in front of the television set, you do want to check out cnn.com. wolf blitzer will be there hoef hosting the cnn election round table on cnn.com. it is a live insider chat about the day's implications for the presidential race. go to cnn.com/roundtable for that. >>> foreign policy was a big focus of the sunday morning talk shows. u.s., israel relations, president obama's apology over the koran burning in afghanistan, so here are some of the highlights. >> do you doubt the president or the united states' commitment to israel? >> of course. >> why? >> the president's new budget, which cuts aid to israel for its ballistic missile defense shield, you
he did come out for mitt romney today. you hear this from the republican establishment, conservative republican establishment saying we need to get behind one candidate, we need to start preparing for november. >> incredible. it is going to be an exciting day on tuesday. mark preston, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> super tuesday, march 6th, 12:00 eastern time. if you're not in front of the television set, you do want to check out cnn.com. wolf blitzer will be there hoef...
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now romney has a pretty good plan. it is good. it reduces taxes but it will also leave a huge hole in the budget. for newt to be responsible, he should talk about what he is going to reduce to bring down the level of tax revenues. he has a great line, my plan will bring and less tax revenue. we will make government equal to the size of the revenue. but he was the one who criticize paul ryan when paul ryan had a serious thing to do just the entitlements. part of the reason i do not fully trust him, romney also needs to be more specific about spending. they are all afraid of it. i go back to 1988. senior had two things people remember. no new taxes, read my lips. which was written by my former wife. in my living room in great falls, virginia. i thought about putting up a plaque. this is where it was started and abandoned. the second thing was a flexible freeze. it was a sensible program. he got elected on it. in three months, he abandoned it. we had a meeting in 1989 and already they were off the track. this is another warning i hav
now romney has a pretty good plan. it is good. it reduces taxes but it will also leave a huge hole in the budget. for newt to be responsible, he should talk about what he is going to reduce to bring down the level of tax revenues. he has a great line, my plan will bring and less tax revenue. we will make government equal to the size of the revenue. but he was the one who criticize paul ryan when paul ryan had a serious thing to do just the entitlements. part of the reason i do not fully trust...
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all of those votes for santorum in michigan are actually going to be romney votes if romney gets the nomination. so it's not over and to say in the fall. chris: what could be a new jump ball. this unemployment rate. it's down to 8.3 now. >> just a second. i mean, those numbers are out there and those are important, but there is this, the psycho dynamics of it for the average voter and that is has obama stabilized or fixed the economy. and if you go back to bush sr.'s race against clinton, actually the economy was getting better, but the perception was that bush hadn't done enough and was out of touch. and so i liked all of these numbers and you got to watch them, but how does the average voter feel when you look at all of the polls and it shows people are concerned about the economy. that means, translate, they're concerned about how obama is trying to manage or fix or stabilize the economy. >> you he hasn't answered that question yet. >> republicans gas prices work they're a larger constellation of grievances against obama. green jobs are a dead end. they put a lot of taxpayer money
all of those votes for santorum in michigan are actually going to be romney votes if romney gets the nomination. so it's not over and to say in the fall. chris: what could be a new jump ball. this unemployment rate. it's down to 8.3 now. >> just a second. i mean, those numbers are out there and those are important, but there is this, the psycho dynamics of it for the average voter and that is has obama stabilized or fixed the economy. and if you go back to bush sr.'s race against clinton,...
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that helps mitt romney. >> so would mitt romney surrender the south then? if it is going to be up against santorum and gingrich for the south, oklahoma, for georgia, for virginia, should romney kind of, you know, just surrender and just, you know, wave the flag or what? >> can't do that for two reason. he wants to be the presumptive nominee. he has to prove he can play all over the country, not just in one region or another. also, we have been talking about this, this is a battle for delegates. he'll win delegates in georgia, tennessee, oklahoma. >> crystal, you laughed. >> yeah, i mean, paul is exactly right. romney is not surrendering one inch or delegate in this race. he has, you know, the thing about romney is romney has outspent everybody because he's well funded and he's methodical organizer. remember, in virginia, he turned in all his paperwork well ahead of everybody else. he's going to win virginia, he's going to pick up -- he's already spent his -- his pac spent a million dollars in georgia. i feel like a little bit we're talking about the civil w
that helps mitt romney. >> so would mitt romney surrender the south then? if it is going to be up against santorum and gingrich for the south, oklahoma, for georgia, for virginia, should romney kind of, you know, just surrender and just, you know, wave the flag or what? >> can't do that for two reason. he wants to be the presumptive nominee. he has to prove he can play all over the country, not just in one region or another. also, we have been talking about this, this is a battle...
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. >> there was something of a turning point for romney. we finally found out that there was something that mitt romney wouldn't do to win the nomination. he said he wouldn't set his hair on fire by making outrageous comments about barack obama. that's nice, but it really point out a major deficit in his campaign so far. if he is running as the electable one. electability is a concept that you should never tout, but should also always prove by winning elections. you know, if you're running as the electable one, you have to show your appeal to moderates and independents. bill clinton did this by pushing for welfare reform, which the base of his party didn't want. george w. bush did this with compassionate conservatism in 2000. up until this point mitt romney has given nothing to moderates and independents in the electorate. he has tilted way to the right and what we may have seen this past week is the beginnings of his attempt to come back to somewhere near the middle. >> what do you think of that? as our resident right winger. isn't it fair
. >> there was something of a turning point for romney. we finally found out that there was something that mitt romney wouldn't do to win the nomination. he said he wouldn't set his hair on fire by making outrageous comments about barack obama. that's nice, but it really point out a major deficit in his campaign so far. if he is running as the electable one. electability is a concept that you should never tout, but should also always prove by winning elections. you know, if you're running...
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a romney win is defined as it's all over. >> mitt romney won both of these events tonight, but winning ugly in this way is not necessarily what the friends and supporters of mitt romney wanted. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hi, i'm candy crowley in washington. we are standing by to bring you live the president of the united states. you see him there. he has just been introduced at apac, the american israel public affairs committee. essentially these are americans who push for pro-israeli causes. it is a huge group, an influential group. the president was here before. i have with me our foreign affairs reporter. the brez president about to speak, but tense times right now. >> very much, candy. >> hang on. always hard to try to second guess the president. >> please have a seat, thank you. well, good morning, everyone. rosy, thank you for your kind words. i have never seen rosie on the basketball court. i bet it would be a treat. rosie, you have been a dear friend of mine for a long time and a tireless advocate for the unbreakable bonds between israel and the united states and as you c
a romney win is defined as it's all over. >> mitt romney won both of these events tonight, but winning ugly in this way is not necessarily what the friends and supporters of mitt romney wanted. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> hi, i'm candy crowley in washington. we are standing by to bring you live the president of the united states. you see him there. he has just been introduced at apac, the american israel public affairs committee. essentially these are americans who push...
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the conventional wisdom is that romney will win. >> i want to see something about romney for a second. people make fun of him because he keeps putting his foot in his mouth. he is not the most appealing to most of america. he really is different from them. however, he really did map out the year-long campaign. he has been unbelievably tough. he did have the money to stick it out. he has modified the plan when he had to. if i actually thought running a campaign is evidence of running the cntry, and would have a great deal of admiration for him. i still have some admiration for him because he h has dealt with himself. >> the american public may not love mitt romney, and his own staff apparently does. we have heard little of the usual back fightg. you do not hear that. that tells me he is a pretty good boss and the people close to him like him. >> he ishahas a very disciplined campaign. in my view, he is a manufactured candidate. if we've learned anything from michigan, he will have a difficult time winning the election. not supporting the bailout of the autoto industry will come back to
the conventional wisdom is that romney will win. >> i want to see something about romney for a second. people make fun of him because he keeps putting his foot in his mouth. he is not the most appealing to most of america. he really is different from them. however, he really did map out the year-long campaign. he has been unbelievably tough. he did have the money to stick it out. he has modified the plan when he had to. if i actually thought running a campaign is evidence of running the...
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romney 31%. rasmussen shows santorum ahead, 33%, romney right behind, 31% but he was trailing santorum by 18 points two weeks ago. chairman of the civic forum pack pa governor and rural out reach for his campaign. great to see both of you. ford, let me start with you. there is another poll in ohio by arg. it gives romney a clear lead. look, if he pulls out a victory in ohio having been behind 20 points, what does it mean for the race for the nomination, conversely if santorum loses do his chances dim? >> super tuesday is all about ohio. if rick santorum loses ohio, his campaign is effectively finished. if mitt romney wins ohio and season i think we'll see it winding down. this is about momentum. given the fact that mitt romney is on winning streak, this is exactly what he needs. >> the associated press referred to santorum's operation, i'll quote it. a struggling ragtag campaign far outpaced by romney's organization. it's not clear santorum even has paid staff on the ground in the upcoming states
romney 31%. rasmussen shows santorum ahead, 33%, romney right behind, 31% but he was trailing santorum by 18 points two weeks ago. chairman of the civic forum pack pa governor and rural out reach for his campaign. great to see both of you. ford, let me start with you. there is another poll in ohio by arg. it gives romney a clear lead. look, if he pulls out a victory in ohio having been behind 20 points, what does it mean for the race for the nomination, conversely if santorum loses do his...
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republican presidential candidate mitt romney continues to campaign in ohio this weekend. it is one of 10 states holding contests on super tuesday. next, the former massachusetts governor takes part in a town hall meeting in dayton. ♪ ♪ >> wow. what a turnout. i have a question for this crowd. do you believe we cannot afford another four years of barack obama? [applause] that must mean we will do everything in our power over the next three days to make sure mitt romney wins ohio and in the fall beats barack obama. are we going to do it? [applause] three more days and we are. it is great to be here. the mayor is doing a great job as a champion for this area. we also happen states senator chris widener here. pretty good team, do you not think? [applause] and the big guy behind me here, nick mangold, centerville, ohio. you can probably tell from looking at him he plays a sport. can you guess which one it is? a great buckeye star and now playing in some place called new york. we have to get him back to ohio, folks. thank you for being here, nick. ladies and gentleman, some
republican presidential candidate mitt romney continues to campaign in ohio this weekend. it is one of 10 states holding contests on super tuesday. next, the former massachusetts governor takes part in a town hall meeting in dayton. ♪ ♪ >> wow. what a turnout. i have a question for this crowd. do you believe we cannot afford another four years of barack obama? [applause] that must mean we will do everything in our power over the next three days to make sure mitt romney wins ohio and...
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mitt romney had in michigan. ohio has more evangelical voterss and this is the base that propelled mr. santorum. he cannot win a victory in the blue collar straul heart land there is a worry that he looks like he was not the contender he was and whether or not mr. romney runs away from it. >> chris: one more thing to the equation, newt gingrich. what does he have to do to remain a credible candidate. does he have to win georgia, is that enough? >> i don't see any future for him without winning georgia. and even if it wins georgia, what does the future hold beyond there? he's not favored in any state right now. looking at places with the social conservative element and rick santorum is looking at oklahoma and tennessee and beyond when you come to alabama and the other southern states. santorum has the momentum at this moment. i am not sure what the future holds for newt gingrich in that regard. the difference for me coming and watching out of michigan with ohio, chris, is that mitt romney looks to me to be the ine
mitt romney had in michigan. ohio has more evangelical voterss and this is the base that propelled mr. santorum. he cannot win a victory in the blue collar straul heart land there is a worry that he looks like he was not the contender he was and whether or not mr. romney runs away from it. >> chris: one more thing to the equation, newt gingrich. what does he have to do to remain a credible candidate. does he have to win georgia, is that enough? >> i don't see any future for him...
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>> romney. >> because? >> his decisions on the different issues match how i feel. >> who are you supporting? >> i support romney. >> who are you supporting? >> ron paul, only man of principle and the only one who will stop these crazy foreign adventures. >> ron paul. >> who are you supporting and why? >> newt gingrich. i think he is very experienced. i think maybe the reason he is not a favorite in the republican party is because he a renegade. >> rick santorum because he is a social conservative. >> one more. >> he is genuine. he is for real. >> months of this conversation, in some cases years because we have two candidates that have run before. new hampshire, one of mitt romney's most important surrogates, what message do you have to for them why romney should be the nominee? >> we need to beat barack obama in november. >> do you agree with that? >> yes! >> mitt romney is the candidate that can beat barack obama, we need somebody who has been outside of washington and who actually has the private sector e
>> romney. >> because? >> his decisions on the different issues match how i feel. >> who are you supporting? >> i support romney. >> who are you supporting? >> ron paul, only man of principle and the only one who will stop these crazy foreign adventures. >> ron paul. >> who are you supporting and why? >> newt gingrich. i think he is very experienced. i think maybe the reason he is not a favorite in the republican party is because he a...
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can mitt romney win enough to finally pull away? our headliner hopes to be the one, former house speaker newt gingrich joins us. >> good morning. >> glad to have you back. five wins in a row now for romney. in the eight last contests you have nevdone no better than thi. even if you home state of georgia, how can you put together a viable path at the nomination? >> twice in this process i have been the front-runner in national polling. i think we have a chance to get back by having ideas like having an national energy strategy that gets us back to $2 a gallon on gas. and i think people are responding to big solutions and big ideas. the biggest state on super tuesday in delegates is georgia. i think i'll win georgia but a much, much bigger margin than romney won michigan. we're competing. we'll pick up delegates in a number of places. the following week, we'll win alabama and mississippi. we'll be competitive in kansas. governor romney who's outspent the rest of us by multiples, is a front-runner without any question, i don't think th
can mitt romney win enough to finally pull away? our headliner hopes to be the one, former house speaker newt gingrich joins us. >> good morning. >> glad to have you back. five wins in a row now for romney. in the eight last contests you have nevdone no better than thi. even if you home state of georgia, how can you put together a viable path at the nomination? >> twice in this process i have been the front-runner in national polling. i think we have a chance to get back by...
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what does it mean if romney wins and if santorum wins? >> i think more importantly what does it mean in santorum loses. one of the reasons ohio matters it is a rematch of michigan but you without necessarily the strengths that mr. romney had in michigan. ohio is not his home state. also more evangelical voters. the base that has propelled mr. santorum. if he cannot win in this big blue industrial heartland there is a worry for his campaign that he looks as though he is not really the contender that he was and whether or not mr. romney runs away with it from there. >> chris: add one other to the equation which is newt gingrich. what does he have to do to remain a critical candidate. first of all, does he have to win georgia and whether that be enough? >> he has to win georgia. i don't see any future for him without winning georgia and even if he wins georgia the question is exactly what does the future hold beyond there. i don't think he is favored in any state right now. you are looking at places that have some of that social conservative
what does it mean if romney wins and if santorum wins? >> i think more importantly what does it mean in santorum loses. one of the reasons ohio matters it is a rematch of michigan but you without necessarily the strengths that mr. romney had in michigan. ohio is not his home state. also more evangelical voters. the base that has propelled mr. santorum. if he cannot win in this big blue industrial heartland there is a worry for his campaign that he looks as though he is not really the...
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but ohio is a statement, a big midwestern state that could show romney is in command of the race. now, if he does win here, romney has an even better argument, that he is the only candidate who can take on president obama because he's got the organization and he also appeals to a broad range of voters. now to lima, ohio, where dean reynolds is with the santorum campaign. >> reporter: ever since his defeat in michigan last tuesday, rick santorum has been explaining himself. >> i know sometimes i can get a little wound up. you see, i don't often use a teleprompter. and so the words that come out of my mouth are my own. they're not written by some poll-tested speechwriter. >> reporter: trying to keep his controversial positions on social issues from drowning out his message, the former senator today tried to steert discussion back toward the economy. >> in my budget that i propose, i will spend less money every year than the year before for four years until we get to a balanced budget in five years. ( applause ). >> reporter: he's slightly ahead in the polls here but could come out a
but ohio is a statement, a big midwestern state that could show romney is in command of the race. now, if he does win here, romney has an even better argument, that he is the only candidate who can take on president obama because he's got the organization and he also appeals to a broad range of voters. now to lima, ohio, where dean reynolds is with the santorum campaign. >> reporter: ever since his defeat in michigan last tuesday, rick santorum has been explaining himself. >> i know...
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i think that is problematic for mitt romney. he c can't just be the candidat of the wealthy, the candidate of the old. he has to show that he has some capacity to broaden the appeal of the republican party. remember, his hard-line position on immigration might be a great position to have with conservatives. it's not a great position to have with the hispanic community, and so many important swing states. so he h a lot of baggage and liabilities that he needs to show he can overcome to broaden his appeal come the general election. i think that's why so many republicans like jeb bush and others are expressing concern about the tone of this campaign, about the issues that are being discussed at this campaign and the fact the parties seem so narrow. >> ohio's 66 delegates available on tuesday are getting a lot of attention and re than $3 million in advertising spending from governor romney. the political action committee supporting him. this part of the country has been hit hard economically. what do the working class voters want to
i think that is problematic for mitt romney. he c can't just be the candidat of the wealthy, the candidate of the old. he has to show that he has some capacity to broaden the appeal of the republican party. remember, his hard-line position on immigration might be a great position to have with conservatives. it's not a great position to have with the hispanic community, and so many important swing states. so he h a lot of baggage and liabilities that he needs to show he can overcome to broaden...
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romney had in michigan. so this is ohio is not his home state and it has more evangelical voters, the base that has propelled mr. santorum. if he can't win in this big, blue-collar, industrial heartland, off the loss in mish garngs he looks like he's not the contender and whether or not mr. romney runs away with it. >> chris: juan, pick up on that and one other thing, which is newt gingrich. what does he have to do to remain a credible candidate, first of all, does he have to win georgia? and would that be enough? >> he has to win georgia. i don't see any future for him without winning georgia. even if he wins georgia, the question is, exactly what does the future hold beyond there? i don't think he is favored in any state right now, you are looking at places that have some of that social conservative element. but rick santorum is looking at oklahoma, tennessee and then beyond, when you come to alabama, you know, the other southern states. again, santorum has the momentum at this moment. i am not sure what t
romney had in michigan. so this is ohio is not his home state and it has more evangelical voters, the base that has propelled mr. santorum. if he can't win in this big, blue-collar, industrial heartland, off the loss in mish garngs he looks like he's not the contender and whether or not mr. romney runs away with it. >> chris: juan, pick up on that and one other thing, which is newt gingrich. what does he have to do to remain a credible candidate, first of all, does he have to win georgia?...
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. -- mitt romney. it really turned it into an appearance on behalf of mitt romney. much activity have you seen? guest: santorum is here today. j.c. waats is coming in tomorrow. rosario, a former u.s. treasurer. we normally do not get a lot of candidates or even their surrogates here this close to the election because of some larger states that normally of primaries on the same day. for oklahoma, it's quite a bit, but it's nothing like, say, ohio. >> what is it like for you following this story and what can we expect in terms of turnout on tuesday? guest: it has been interesting. i did this before in 2008. we had a few people, although as i said not like this. the turnout is kind of strange and hard to predict. the state republican party chairman thinks we will have a big turnout for the republican primary. there's also a democratic primary with five names on the ballot. i mentioned randall terry. he has worked the state pretty hard trying to get enough votes basically to embarrass barack obama and perh
. -- mitt romney. it really turned it into an appearance on behalf of mitt romney. much activity have you seen? guest: santorum is here today. j.c. waats is coming in tomorrow. rosario, a former u.s. treasurer. we normally do not get a lot of candidates or even their surrogates here this close to the election because of some larger states that normally of primaries on the same day. for oklahoma, it's quite a bit, but it's nothing like, say, ohio. >> what is it like for you following this...
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five wins in a row now for mitt romney. in the eight last contests you have done no better than third. you're well back in the delegate race. even if you win home state of georgia, on tuesday night, how can you put together a viable path at the nomination? >> twice in this process i have been the front-runner in national polling. i think we have a chance to get back by having ideas like having a national energy strategy that gets us back to $2.50 a gallon making sure we're independent of middle east oil. and i think people are responding to big solutions and big ideas. the biggest state on super tuesday in delegates is georgia. i think i'll win georgia by a much, much bigger margin than romney won michigan. we'll go. we're competing in tennessee and ohio. and oklahoma and a number of other states, we'll pick up delegates in a number of places. the following week, i think we'll win alabama and mississippi. we'll be competitive in kansas. this is going to go for a good while. governor romney who's outspent the rest of us by m
five wins in a row now for mitt romney. in the eight last contests you have done no better than third. you're well back in the delegate race. even if you win home state of georgia, on tuesday night, how can you put together a viable path at the nomination? >> twice in this process i have been the front-runner in national polling. i think we have a chance to get back by having ideas like having a national energy strategy that gets us back to $2.50 a gallon making sure we're independent of...
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romney with 38%. ron paul with 25%. battling it out there for second with rick is an tore sxum came in with 24. and newt gingrich finishing last with 10%. >>> brand-new numbers to share with you right now. the nbc news maris poll shows rick santorum with a small lead in ohio and just two days now before super tuesday. mitt romney trails santorum by just two points in that state. followed by newt gingrich and ron paul. as we check out virginia, another super tuesday state, mitt romney and ron paul are the only two candidates who qualified to you a pier on the ballot. romney has a 69% to 26% edge over paul there. 11 states holding contest this tuesday with 412 delegates up for grabs. >>> rush limbaugh apologized for using derogatory language to describe a female law student. limbaugh issued the apology on his website regarding the controversial comments he made against sandra fluke. she testified ploost about the importance of companies providing contraceptive health coverage for employees regardless of religious affiliat
romney with 38%. ron paul with 25%. battling it out there for second with rick is an tore sxum came in with 24. and newt gingrich finishing last with 10%. >>> brand-new numbers to share with you right now. the nbc news maris poll shows rick santorum with a small lead in ohio and just two days now before super tuesday. mitt romney trails santorum by just two points in that state. followed by newt gingrich and ron paul. as we check out virginia, another super tuesday state, mitt romney...
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caller: my question is about romney. watching all this tv, the now- governor of ohio, who is a romney man, i am sure that ohio teachers and fire men will turn this election. there laughing at the republicans. the republicans are laughing at themselves. host: we will leave it there and let mr. heath respond as he wishes. guest: governor jon casey has not endorsed. the is addressed -- he has endorsed several candidates, but he has not endorsed the current crop, he is neutral. there is some question about why he did not endorse newt gingrich, who he served with when gingrich was speaker in the late 1990's and kasich was the budget committee but director. nevertheless, governor kasich has remained neutral with this current crop of candidates. host: the plain dealer, talking about santorum, the sixth district where the senator spoke, did not get on the ballot, are these six districts in portis terms of size and extent of people? guest: they really are. they missed it, bottom line. things happen in the campaign. back when the
caller: my question is about romney. watching all this tv, the now- governor of ohio, who is a romney man, i am sure that ohio teachers and fire men will turn this election. there laughing at the republicans. the republicans are laughing at themselves. host: we will leave it there and let mr. heath respond as he wishes. guest: governor jon casey has not endorsed. the is addressed -- he has endorsed several candidates, but he has not endorsed the current crop, he is neutral. there is some...
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romney hits newt's territory, for season it's tennessee, oklahoma and then ohio. ohio, that is the big prize. its swing state where romney could get it. >> if i got the nod of the people of ohio that would send a big statement. >> and santorum has a problem in ohio. he didn't complete all the paperwork and is at risk of being ineligible for more than a quarter of the delegates. romney's campaign pounced. >> the test that you are going to have to have to battle president obama is a test of rick santorum and this campaign. >> so senator santorum, did you flung? >> that is only problem with my candidacy, we're in pretty good shape. >> it's the battle state of ohio where romney and santorum will finish up the mad dash to super tuesday. >> terry: in the overall race for tell delegates, romney has 185, santorum has 90. gingrich, 33. ron paul has 23. please keep in mind it takes 1144 delegates to get that nomination. >> with just two days until the big super tuesday showdown, newt gingrich joined george stephanopolous to see if he can back in contention. >> you took a bl
romney hits newt's territory, for season it's tennessee, oklahoma and then ohio. ohio, that is the big prize. its swing state where romney could get it. >> if i got the nod of the people of ohio that would send a big statement. >> and santorum has a problem in ohio. he didn't complete all the paperwork and is at risk of being ineligible for more than a quarter of the delegates. romney's campaign pounced. >> the test that you are going to have to have to battle president obama...
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those remain a romney's strengths. when 70% of republican voters in ohio the premier bellwether state with a long history of being right when it comes to presidential politics, how they vote here does shape what happens. that 70% now is perhaps even more important for people who think that romney will be the nominee as opposed to the dead heat. we have to wait for the returns on this one. santorum had a lead. it may be eroding particularly in light of last night's washington victory for romney. >> shannon: newt gingrich set the bar high for himself for super tuesday. he said his home state of georgia is a must win. a new poll shows the former house speaker has a double digit lead there. the atlanta journal constitution has him 14 points ahead of romney and 16 points ahead of santorum. the real clear politics average has a similar picture. earlier this week a senior advisor for rick santorum's campaign suggestd that gingrich should get out of the race and he fired back today. >> he can tell his top advisor i'm taking hi
those remain a romney's strengths. when 70% of republican voters in ohio the premier bellwether state with a long history of being right when it comes to presidential politics, how they vote here does shape what happens. that 70% now is perhaps even more important for people who think that romney will be the nominee as opposed to the dead heat. we have to wait for the returns on this one. santorum had a lead. it may be eroding particularly in light of last night's washington victory for romney....
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. >>> romney rules saturday night's caucusness washington state. next up, contests in ten states with a total of 419 convention delegates. today, super states on super tuesday with former georgia congressman newt gingrich. >> i have to win georgia. >> and texas congressman ron paul. >> winning the primary, of course, is very, very important. >> then cnn's dan that bash and ron brownstein on which washington leader had the worst week in politics. >>> and -- israel, the u.s. and the threat from iran with former u.s. ambassador to israel martin indyk and mark burns. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." well, mitt romney and rick santorum battled it out in arizona and michigan, newt gingrich went south to his old stomping grounds in georgia. he was the congressman from the 6th district there for more than 20 years. 76 convention delegates up for grabs in georgia, more than any other super tuesday state. looking to jump-start a campaign that hasn't won a state since mid-january, gingrich is pressing hard with a plan for $2.50 gallon gasol
. >>> romney rules saturday night's caucusness washington state. next up, contests in ten states with a total of 419 convention delegates. today, super states on super tuesday with former georgia congressman newt gingrich. >> i have to win georgia. >> and texas congressman ron paul. >> winning the primary, of course, is very, very important. >> then cnn's dan that bash and ron brownstein on which washington leader had the worst week in politics. >>> and...
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mitt romney won the washington caucuses last night. he carried 38% of the vote versus 25% for second place finisher ron paul. that means romney gets the lion's share of washington state's 40 delegates. president obama speaks to the apac conference today. it is the largest jewish lobbying organization in the united states. the president ham kurnd fire recently for his stance on middle east peace and iran will have much more on apac and the mornings of the president's speech a little later in the show. >>> in washington it seems like there's very little room for compromise across the aisle. that reality led to a surprise announcement this past week for maine republican senator olympia snow. she's not going run for a fourth term. cnn congressional correspondent dana bash has more on what that means. >> reporter: flashback, september 2009. >> i want to do my job, and our job is to sit here and do it as long as it takes. >> reporter: a frustrated olympia snowe out on a limb working with democrats on health care reform. >> people in this cou
mitt romney won the washington caucuses last night. he carried 38% of the vote versus 25% for second place finisher ron paul. that means romney gets the lion's share of washington state's 40 delegates. president obama speaks to the apac conference today. it is the largest jewish lobbying organization in the united states. the president ham kurnd fire recently for his stance on middle east peace and iran will have much more on apac and the mornings of the president's speech a little later in the...
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does mitt romney have that? >> he has had a couple of bad weeks, sidetracked on peripheral issues and what you will see, after he wraps up the nomination, should he do so, will have to figure out a way to unify the party and get a unified message and talk about his tax plans and budget plans, and, economic growth plans, those are the things that i think will swing independent voters in the fall. obviously, president obama is going to be talking about everything else, except his economic record, because even though the economy is recovering, it is still far from where people would like it to be. >> jamie: ron paul wants you to know that he does very well in caucus states. where does he stand, right now. >> ron paul is not so much running for president as he is running to build a movement. and, if you judge him by that standard he's doing incredibly well and is building something that sort of like what barry goldwater did in the 1960s, a movement that will follow any candidate who chooses to abide by its principle
does mitt romney have that? >> he has had a couple of bad weeks, sidetracked on peripheral issues and what you will see, after he wraps up the nomination, should he do so, will have to figure out a way to unify the party and get a unified message and talk about his tax plans and budget plans, and, economic growth plans, those are the things that i think will swing independent voters in the fall. obviously, president obama is going to be talking about everything else, except his economic...